Young ICCA-CIArb Workshop on Litigation Funding

Join us in Rio de Janeiro on 14 May 2025 for the Litigation Funding Lab, a Workshop hosted by Young ICCA and CIArb (Brazil Branch). This in-person event will provide an opportunity to learn from in-house counsel, legal practitioners and funders involved in international arbitration and litigation funding. The workshop will be held in Portuguese. 

Participants will receive a mock case in advance, outlining a funding opportunity. They will then have the chance to engage with all relevant stakeholders (client, funder, and outside counsel) to understand the decision-making process behind funding an arbitration claim. The workshop will be divided into two interactive sessions. The first session will provide an overview of each chronological milestone in the funding decision process, including case inception, the offer to the funder, the funder's assessment, and due diligence by outside counsel. The second session will be a practical exercise based on the mock case.

Programme schedule: 

09:30 – 10:00 AM – Welcome Coffee 

10:00 – 10:10 AM – Opening Remarks (Bernard Potsch, CIArb Brazil Branch/Batista Martins; Gustavo Kulesza, Young ICCA/BMA)

10:00 – 11:50 AM – First Session (moderated by Isabela Maté, Young ICCA Regional Rep / Lobo de Rizzo)

10:10 – 10:20 AM – Client Perspective (Fernanda Solon, Neon Pagamentos)

10:20 – 10:50 AM – Counsel Perspective - Proposing Funding (Lucas Hermeto, Vieira Rezende)

10:50 – 11:20 AM – Funder Perspective (Marina Gouveia, Qanlex)

11:10 – 11:50 AM – Counsel Perspective - Reviewing Funding Opportunity (Lucas Mendes, Laudelino Advogados)

11:50 – 12:20 AM – Second Session - Practical Workshop on Funding Opportunity Analysis